Smoking pedestal



April 23, 1929. c, P TOQPS 1,710,123

SMOKING PEDESTAL Filed Feb. 19, 1925 Lyra i faz/mhz Zyl/flaw Zar/af /qaf W @y @ya (y/Mw Maf/fyi Cil Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT'OFFICE.

CHARLES I. TOOPS, F VALLEY JUNCTION, IOWA.

The object of my inve a smoking pedestal or sta ble and inexpensive co SMOKING PEDESTAL.

Application led February 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,297.

A further purpose of my provide such a pedest ntion is .to provide nd of simple, duranstruction.

invention is to al, which will have the appearance of a sightly piece of furniture be used for conveniently moving actuating movable top members for and yet which can giving access sinokers articles.

A further object is vice having a removable ash erably made to a tray or pan for receiving to provide such a dereservoir prefin sections and provided at its upper end with a dumping ash holder adapted to be actuated for discharging by the closing oi' the top or cover members of the device.

With these and other objects in view, my

invention consists in rangement and combination the construction, ar-

ot the various parts of my smoking pedestal, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more i'ully my claims,

set forth,

ing drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view o f a smoking pedestal embodying my invention.

Figure 2 shows a top or p pointed out in and illustrated in the accompanylan view of the same with one of the cover members swung to open position and bei' partly broken Figure 3 on the line Figure 4.-

away.

Figure 2.

the other cover memis a vertical, sectional view taken is an enlarged, sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an inverted, p of a portion ot one of the movable cover members.

lt is well known ing tables and that with erspective view ordinary smokthe like the cigar stubs and ashes are exposed to view and the device has not the desirable appearance of a piece of furniture when it is not in use.

prises an upright pedestal cated in the accompanying supper improved smoking pedestal com member indidrawings by the ted on the base its upper end the table table member 12 has in its top a recess 13 illustrated Figure 3, in which is set a having a central opening is an upwardly projecting 16 (see Figures 3 and 1l).

The tray or receptacle 14:

for instance in pan or tray 14 15 around which annular flange is designed to receive cigars, tobacco, pipes, cigarettes and the like.

The table memberhas a central opening 17 below which is a vertically elongated recess 18 in the pedestal upright 10.

Received in the recess 18 is the lower part of a two section ash reservoir indicated generally at A and comprising the lower section 19, which is a tubular member open at its upper end and provided on opposite sides with holes 20. The upper section 21 has its lower end telescopically received in the upper end of the section 19 and is provided with spring catches 23, having .portions adapted to project through the holes 20 for locking the sections 19 and 21 flange 24 terminating in a downwardly projecting liange 25 adapted to telescope over the flange 16.

Received in the upper end of the section 21 is an ash receiving hopper' or the like,

comprising a member 26 pivoted at its side edges as at 27 to the opposite walls of saidy section 21.

Opposite the member 26 is al similar member 28 similarly pivoted. At the upper end of each member 26 and 28 is an upwardly projecting linger 29, which when the parts are in normal position project upwardly through a notch 30 in the flange 24.

The lower portions of the members 26 and 28 are then inclined towards each other for forming a closed hopper.

rllie pivot pintle 27 of each oi' the members 26 and 28 projects through the wall of the section 21 and is formed with a crank 31 as shown in Figure 1.

The ciank arrangement just mentioned may be varied but as here illustrated, one crank normally stands horizontally toward the other, while the other crank extends upwardly, and the ends of the crank are connected by a pivoted link 32.

A suitable spring 33 is connected with one of the pivot pintles 27 and with the link 32 for normally holding the parts in position with the hopper closed as shown in Figure 3.

The pai'ts are so arranged that when the small handles or knobs 29 are moved toward each other, they operate against the tension of the spring 233 for opening the hopper,

and when the handles or knobs are released, the spring 33 automatically returns the hopper to closed position.

Support-ed on the fiange'Q-l holders or trays 34.

provide a suitable top for the smoking pedestal comprising two top or cover menibeis 35 and 36 each forming half of the top. The member 35 is pivote-d as at 37 to the table member 12 to swing in a horizontal plane and the member 36 is pivoted to the table member `12 almost diametrieally opposite as at 38 to swing in a horizontal plane.

The adjacent faces of the top members 35 and 36 are provided with corresponding pins 39 and holes 40 so arranged that when the top members are in closed position, the pins 39 enter the holes 40, so that the pedestal may be grasped by the top and lifted without imposing twisted Strain on the pivots 37 and 38.

On the under sido of the top members 35 and 36, the notches 41 are cut out to enable the top members to properly clear the cigar tray or holder members 34.

The top members 35 and 36 aie p1'ov1ded on their undersides with curved grooves 42 to receive the handles or knobs 29.

Adjacent to the open end of each groove 42 is mounted a swinging gate 43 on a suitable pivot or pintle. Shoulders 44 at the open ends of the grooves 42 prevent the gates 43 from swinging beyond the vertical in one direction, whereas the gates can swing freely in the opposite direction.

The parts just described are so arranged that when one of the top members` as for instance the member 36, is swung from its open position shown at the right hand side of Figure 2 toward its closure position, the gate 43 engages the knob 29 for dumping the ash hopper. ,y When the closing top memberlreaches its fully closed position, the gate 41 slides past the knob 29 for permitting the spring 33 to close the hopper.

The knob 29 will then be in the groove are small cigar On the other hand, when the top nicmbers are swung from closed toward open position, the knobs 29 engage the gates 43 and swing them upwardly toward the position illustrated in Figure 5, so that the gates thus freely clear the knobs.

In the practical use of a smoking pedestal of this kind, the user simply swings the one or both of the top members 35 and 33 to open position, places his cigars in one of the trays 34 when desired, and puts his ashes into the hopper.

The member 13 is preferably of metal, so that burning ashes will not harm it.

The hopper may be dumped manually at any time. When the user closes the top Mimes members 35 and 36, the hopper is automatically dumped for discharging ashes therefrom into the reservoir composed of the sections 19 and 21.

lWhen it is desired to remove the contents of the pedestal, the top members 35 and 3G may be opened and the sections 2l and 19 may be simply lifted out. 'lhey may be then taken apart by pressing the spring catches 23 inwardly for discharging the contents of the section 19.

lt will be noted that when thesections 21 and 19 have been removed, the pan or tray 14 may be lifted out for removing any ashes therein or for cleaning.

rllie grooves 45 are provided to receive the catches 23.

t will be seenV from the foregoing that a device of this kind can be used without the necessity for frequently throwing out the ashes. The ashes can be kept out of sight. The device may be used for keeping cigars and tobacco out of sight in an article that has the appearance of a piece of furniture.

Changes may be made in the details of the construction and arrangement of the parts of my improved smoking pedestal without departing from the real splrit and purpose of my invention,'and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents,' which may be reasonably included within their sco e.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, an upright pedestal having a table at the upper end thereof, said table and upright pedestal being provided with a vertically, elongated opening, said table having a recess in its upper face, a tray received within said recess having a central opening, a reservoir received in said opening and projecting upwardly through said tray and a hopper for closing the reservoir, adapted to be discharged thereinto.

2. In a device of the class described, an upright pedestal having a table at the top thereof, said table and upright pedestal being provided with a vertically elongated opening, said table having a recess in its upper face, a tray received within said recess having a central opening, a reservoir received in said rst mentioned opening and projecting upwardly through said tray, said reservoir being made in two separable sections and an adjustable hopper above the reservoir'.

3. In a device of the class described, an upright pedestal having a table at the upper end thereof, said table and upright pedestal being provided with a vertically elongated opening, said table having a recess, a tray received within said recess having a central opening, a reservoir received within said opening and projecting upwardly through opening,

said tray, said reservoir having at its top a dumping hopper, a swinging cover Ifor said table, said hop er havi-ng means adapted to be engaged y the cover, whereby the swinging o1? the cover aetuates the hopper.

4. In a device of the class described, an upright pedestal having a table at the upper end thereof, said table and upright pedestal being provided with a vertically, elongated opening, said table having a recess, a tray received within said recess having a central a reservoir received within said opening and projecting upwardly through said tray, said reservoir and t-ray having coaeting telescopin flanges.

5. In a device o the class described, an upright pedestal having a table at the upper end thereof, said table and upright pedestal being provided with a vertically elongated opening, said table having a recess, a tray received within Said recess having a central opening, a reservoir received within said opening and projecting upwardly through said tray, said reservoir and tray having coacting telescoping flanges, said reservoir being made in two separable sections and having at its upper end a dumping hopper provided with upwardly projecting handles, pivoted cover members for said table, having means adapted to clear said handles during the opening movement of the cover members and to actuate them for dumping the hopper during the closing movement of the cover members.

6. In a device of the class described, an upright hollow pedestal, a reservoir therein, an openable false bottom in said reservoir adjacent the top thereof, a movabley cover for said pedestal, said cover and said false bottom having coacting parts whereby the movement of the cover actuates the Ifalse bottomfor opening it and thereby causing the entire contents of the reservoir above the false bottom to be discharged into the portion of the reservoir below the false bottom.

Des Moines, Iowa, February 14, 1925.

CHARLES P. TOOPS. 

